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Even in the middle of the day, Bansey was unusually eerie, with the occasional call of crows or other seabirds echoing.

An inconspicuous red light quickly approached the ruined docks and the dead city in ruins, and entered the abandoned city of Bansey. On this uninhabited island, there is no telling when a small pirate ship will appear that is not afraid of death and wants to search for the previous items in the ruins, and naturally no one will notice this sudden arrival.

The red figure stretched out, looked left and right a few times, and continued to move towards the depths of the city without saying a word.

As it walked, its outline shifted, the Medici's form faded, and his signature red-black armor faded away, resembling a humanoid silhouette made of a vague blood-colored mist. Sometimes it's a figure with slightly curly red hair tied up at the back of the head, sometimes it's a tall blonde back, and a man with a majestic temperament wearing a crown.

These images are constantly changing.

Eventually, its face vanished, as if it had given up on choosing a definite image for itself, and only its eyes were faintly visible, like a humanoid creature made of mist.

As the figure stepped into the depths of Bansey, the surrounding ruins began to make a steady rustling sound. It was as if something like a snake was weaving through the weeds and dead leaves, following the red figure's feet, but leaving behind a trail of sinuous blood-red traces. Finally, around a corner in front of me, something hidden in the grass revealed its true face.

- It was a human head, with a full vertebrae extending from the back.

The head that drags the vertebrae, like the walking dead without a head, is an unknown specialty of Bansey Harbor.

Obviously, this thing is using its vertebrae to snake on the ground, leaving a shocking trace.

As he walked, the figure suddenly stopped and found the location of the original Bansey telegraph office. Seeing that in the middle of the collapsed building, there were two still bright blood-red marks, as if the two people were left after being crushed into meat sauce.

Next to these two shadows, the door of the telegraph office fell to the ground, and on the other ruined wall, an octopus-headed monster in armor, riding on waves, and holding a trident, was depicted.

Its face turned to the armored octopus-headed monster, as if it had thought for a moment, and finally did nothing, acquiescing to the strange abstraction remaining in its territory.

Then, the figure purposefully walked to the place where the upside-down wooden door was, reached out and lifted it up, leaning against the broken wall.

It reached out to pull the wooden door open, and a blurred world suddenly appeared behind the door frame, and it tried to enter the space behind the door, but a layer of gray mist suddenly appeared on its body, blocking it out.

It tried again and again, and after confirming that it still couldn't enter the world behind the door, the red figure suddenly froze, as if in a state of thought, not knowing what to do next. After a while, the red figure closed the wooden door, and its body suddenly collapsed. Realizing that something containing the aura and imprint of the "Source Castle" had appeared on his body, and that he would prevent it from merging with the "Essence" on the other side of the seal, Calamity City immediately disembodied itself and integrated itself into the entire ruins of Bansey Harbor.

It needs a certain amount of time to ensure its own safety, and it also needs to find the location of that "Source Fort"-related item and remove it as soon as possible.

Soon, a faint white mist appeared on the island, and the hidden monsters hibernated quietly, and the city and ruins were gradually engulfed in a thick mist.

The fog spread like an endless stream, and eventually, the whole of Bansey Island was shrouded and vanished.

……

In the afternoon, Anderson, who had been busy all morning, saw off the last familiar guest, and finally had a chance to catch his breath.

After quickly wiping down the table in the dining room, Anderson found an excuse to slip out. Byron is different from the northern continent, although it is now afternoon, there are not many people on the street.

However, when Anderson first arrived, it operated in the same way as the northern continent, and it was the river that was still under construction that changed the habits of the people of Bairan. At first, only the Church of the Grim Reaper was preparing to dig up the river, and although many people were moved by the church's propaganda to help, even the government of Byron did not participate in the church's actions. However, after ten days and half a month, the high priest of the Church of the Reaper - that is, the pope and the pontify on their side - suddenly announced the closure of the government, and only those involved needed to continue their work.

Since then, Byron's day and night have been reversed, as the Church of the Grim Reaper only allowed construction from after the sun had set until noon, and no civilians were allowed to approach the area around the river at other times.

"It's an incredible country."

"In a religious activity, it can be achieved with the participation of the whole people."

Anderson looked in the direction of the river, shook his head, and walked away.

Although the restaurant serves two meals, Anderson is tired of the skills of his colleagues' cooks, not to mention that he has just received the family property from a few well-connected old customers, and it is when he has plenty of money. He strolled down the street to the dim sum shop he frequented. From afar, he saw that the old woman in the dim sum shop was already clumsily closing the door, squinting her eyes for the keyhole of the old iron lock.

"Hey! Hey! Don't close the door yet! Anderson hurriedly greeted him loudly, and he walked over quickly, and spoke to the old woman skillfully in Dutan with a local accent, "Are you going back so early today?" I'd like to eat your dried fruit custard cake! ”

The old woman was old and her ears were not very good, but there were not many people who would like this old-fashioned pastry, and she vaguely saw a person with a familiar hair color, and heard a familiar voice, and immediately recognized the identity of the other person.

"Here you go again." The white-haired old man also said honorifics, "I'm sorry, I can't make snacks today, I'm going home to sleep peacefully." ”

Anderson naturally understood the meaning of the other party, but he didn't know that his understanding was biased:

"You're going home so early to rest? Do you still come out for business that night? ”

Of all the traditional Byran pastry shops that Anderson had eaten in the past few months, this old woman had made the best, and I heard that her ancestors were still court pastry chefs who cooked for the Eggers family, or some of the declining Byron nobles. Not only does Anderson like it, but he also plans to buy a few more copies and give them to Adevina as a souvenir. After all, she is an old friend who has not seen her for a long time, and she bothered the other party to come two days earlier to pick her up, she will definitely be interested in this kind of food with a historical atmosphere, and maybe she can reduce her ticket money a little.

"I don't come out at night." The old woman smiled and shook her head, "I won't come again." ”

Well? Anderson was stunned for a moment, and then realized that this "safe sleep" seemed to have a different meaning, and he quickly asked, "Today, is it today?" Is it the church that tells you it's time to prepare to go to the kingdom of God? ”

Anderson looked the other party up and down, not quite convinced: "But you still look very energetic, could it be that ......" was an accident?"

"It's not." The old man said, "It's 'that time' coming." ”

"We will all have eternal silence...... This is what the church tells us. ”

Anderson was stunned for a moment, then his eyes slowly widened, and his breathing suddenly became rapid. He immediately raised his head and looked around at the street, which was indeed more depressed than before, and a cold sweat instantly broke out of his back.

He tugged at the corners of his mouth, his eyes were a little flustered, and his expression forced a smile:

"Mother-in-law, what are you talking about...... Is that what I think? That river...... Didn't you say next week? Why ...... today? ”

"It's not just the river, it's also the royal road for our god to return, so the high priest has worked hard, and everyone is working hard."

The old woman's eyes were not good, and she didn't see the subtle uneasy expression on Anderson's face at all, she thought that the other party's trembling voice was because of excitement, so she grabbed Anderson's hand with her old hand and patted it twice: "Yes, it's today, the high priest has already told us......"

"We are in a quiet sleep, and we are about to return to the arms of God for eternal silence."

"Kid, don't move around anymore, go home."

"Lie down with your family, hold the bones of your ancestors, and close your eyes...... We will be forever, and this is forever. ”

The old woman's words were gentle, and with a strange reassuring power, as if she was still on weekdays, treating Anderson as a caring tone for the younger generations who had died. Even Anderson was taken a little calmer, and for a moment thought that this might be a good thing.

…… Not a bad one!

No matter how poetic death is, it is still death, and I don't want to die yet!

The smile on Anderson's face disappeared in an instant, and he immediately didn't bother to bring some souvenirs to Edwina and his old acquaintances, but immediately said goodbye to each other, and racked his brains to start thinking about how to leave.

Although Anderson didn't know either essentia or what the "River Styx" was, the High Priest said that it was something to do with death, and no matter how arrogant Anderson was, he couldn't think he could leave the cover alive from such a thing!

How is it today, why is it coming today!

No, no, calm down for the time being, at least at night......

It's too late to send a message to Adevina! Maybe extraordinary abilities like traveling through the spirit realm can still be useful!

Anderson first contacted Edwina with the simplest and most simple message, after all, Byron's private port also had contact with many pirates, so he found the "Lieutenant General of the Iceberg" and obtained some occult contacts. He could have spent the last 30 hours in Byron at a leisurely pace, but in the middle of the night tomorrow, when everyone else was busy working on the construction site, he would quietly walk away with Edwina on the boat to observe the moment when the River Styx gushes out of the spirit realm - but he didn't expect it to be tonight! Why tonight!

Anderson was really a little flustered at this time, he didn't care about absenteeism, and hurried back to the small house he rented and began to arrange a simple ceremony.

Roselto Dream ...... Useless!

"Adevina is still far away...... Anderson's pupils narrowed.

More than ten minutes later, the spirit that summoned Edwina also failed as expected.

"It's all over the effective distance."

Anderson's expression suddenly became very ugly.

It had been a long time since he had been an adventurer at sea, but he still remembered the approximate speed of a ship at sea. Since it has not yet reached the scope of application of "Roselto Dream", it means that Adevina and his straight-line distance are more than 1,000 nautical miles.

With 30 hours to go, the speed of the extraordinary Golden Dream will surely be reached, but today, after dark at seven o'clock, they will get up and get back to work, and Edvina will not be able to come in these five hours! - She probably didn't even know she wouldn't be able to make it, because no one had told her that the passage was completed more than two days ahead of schedule, and she might not have left the port yet!

Anderson's heart fell to the bottom in an instant.

But after two seconds of froze, he immediately stood up and ran out frantically, running wildly through the deserted streets.

It was at this moment that Anderson heard the footsteps of others, and he noticed that another Byron was also running wildly, and they happened to look at each other, and their eyes were full of bottomless fear and longing for life.

……

Because the west side is close to the sea, there are many docks, and it seems that the only place to escape is to escape. But when Anderson ran over and looked at the smooth waves on the sea, he suddenly had a feeling of extreme fear.

Instinctively dangerous, he stopped in front of the dock, and after a moment's wait, Anderson turned on his vision.

As soon as he opened it, he suddenly saw countless spirits and spirits that were as powerful as himself or even more powerful hovering on the seashore, and there were almost invisible clouds floating on the surface of the sea, and they were hiding in the clouds. When he approached, many spirit creatures looked at him, and even opened their mouths and stretched out their claws, eager to walk over and into their mouths.

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Anderson couldn't help but curse, turned around and ran in other directions.

The territory of the Byron Empire is very vast, and if he can't walk by the sea, then he has no way to escape. Even if he were a Sequence 5 Extraordinary, it would be impossible to cross a country in a matter of hours.

But despite knowing that there was no way out, Anderson did everything he could to escape.

Time passed minute by minute, I don't know if it was a psychological effect, Anderson felt that the sky seemed to be getting dark very early today-even in winter, the night of Byron would not come until about seven o'clock, but today it was not even five o'clock, and the sky had actually begun to darken!

The temperature around him was also dropping rapidly, and Anderson's cold hair stood on end, and even strenuous exercise could not dispel the chill in his heart.

He realized that he had no escape, and that the "River Styx" was really going to descend on the earth tonight!

As he ran, a voice suddenly drifted into his ears.

"It's not difficult to stabilize Medici's existence, since you said that his soul has not completely died, and you have temporarily stabilized his state in other ways, then it is very simple to continue his fate on this premise."

"Oh okay, just think about it when you need help, I'll notice it."

"That's it."

Medici?

Medici is not...... The one who can talk about Him should also be a high-level powerhouse, right?

Anderson perked up and immediately prepared to kneel, he immediately turned and ran towards the source of the sound, but on the way he heard the other person start talking to another person again:

“…… Is it? I actually like Byron's death culture, in the Quaternary Age, when the cooperation between the Emperor of Hades and the Primordial Witch was still ambiguous, eros and death were the main themes here, and I remember that many interesting festivals and anniversaries were derived. ”

"Didn't the human you master, when he was a child, also interested in these foreign cultures? Maya, Aztec, Inca...... Hehehe, it's a pity that in the end of those books and documentaries, these civilizations always 'mysteriously disappear' and become puzzles that will never be solved. It was only when he grew up that he gradually realized why these civilizations had 'mysteriously disappeared' and could only be recorded as 'mysteriously disappearing'. ”

"Now, this place is also about to 'mysteriously disappear', and it is a real ......"

Before the words fell, Anderson saw the other party.

A gray-haired man, dressed in somewhat strange clothes, holding in his hand what appears to be a camera, but smaller, more sophisticated.

At first glance, it looks like an ordinary tourist who is sightseeing and taking pictures everywhere.

"I've seen you."

Just when Anderson began to think about the content of the sliding kneeling technique, the person opposite suddenly spoke, and then denied himself with a smile: "No, you can't say that, human beings' perception of identity is relatively simple, and it is not me who has seen you." ”

“……”

The chill brought to Anderson by this sentence was no less than that of the "River Styx", which had already entered the countdown to the arrival, and he instantly realized that the opposite might not only be a high rank, but even a high level of other races that were not even considered humans!

Anderson immediately retreated.

"Your life is over in less than five hours."

The other party suddenly said again, and the strange pair of eyes without pupils looked at him: "I see, the river of eternal darkness came to the earth at that time, and his movements were quite fast. ”

TBC

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"What are you trying to do here?"